Soo after church tonight I couldnt resist test fitting them.
http://users.mikrotec.com/furyiii/ww...r/highside.jpg
http://users.mikrotec.com/furyiii/ww.../fronthigh.jpg
Sorry about the dark pics, I'll try to take some better ones in the daylight.
It could probably drive right over almost any parking block and never scrape right now. The problem is I don't have the suspension lifted any at all yet and only have a couple inches between the top of the tire and the fender. On the rear, the tire would contact the lip on the fender, which I will probably be rolling anyway.
The front is another story all together. There is less than 1 inch between the top of the tire and the fender. The tire will miss the lip as long as they are pointed straight forward, but I will need to raise it a couple of inches at least to make it work.
Another problem, which I anticipated was trimming the fender. I will have to change the shape of the fender opening slightly at the bottom of the front fender just ahead of the tire, as it hits when turning the wheel. Since the two front tires are nearly bald freebies anyway, I may just go with 1" smaller tires similar to the rear ones.
I also need to replace a couple of wheel studs, I stripped/broke when taking off the old wheels. (king kong must have put them on with a cheater bar)
One side benefit of this project is ground clearance. It makes it really easy to get under the car now. I can easily fit under it to do an oil change without jacking it up. It will be really nice once I get the suspension up a couple more inches. When I get ready to do the transmission swap, there should be plenty of clearance and even if the car fell, you would probably be ok as long as the wheel or something didn't hit you. (I have no desire to find out though, LOL!)
At any rate, it should be mega fun for the mild off roading , and sub 65mph local driving I have in store for it.
http://users.mikrotec.com/furyiii/ww...r/highside.jpg
http://users.mikrotec.com/furyiii/ww.../fronthigh.jpg
Sorry about the dark pics, I'll try to take some better ones in the daylight.
It could probably drive right over almost any parking block and never scrape right now. The problem is I don't have the suspension lifted any at all yet and only have a couple inches between the top of the tire and the fender. On the rear, the tire would contact the lip on the fender, which I will probably be rolling anyway.
The front is another story all together. There is less than 1 inch between the top of the tire and the fender. The tire will miss the lip as long as they are pointed straight forward, but I will need to raise it a couple of inches at least to make it work.
Another problem, which I anticipated was trimming the fender. I will have to change the shape of the fender opening slightly at the bottom of the front fender just ahead of the tire, as it hits when turning the wheel. Since the two front tires are nearly bald freebies anyway, I may just go with 1" smaller tires similar to the rear ones.
I also need to replace a couple of wheel studs, I stripped/broke when taking off the old wheels. (king kong must have put them on with a cheater bar)
One side benefit of this project is ground clearance. It makes it really easy to get under the car now. I can easily fit under it to do an oil change without jacking it up. It will be really nice once I get the suspension up a couple more inches. When I get ready to do the transmission swap, there should be plenty of clearance and even if the car fell, you would probably be ok as long as the wheel or something didn't hit you. (I have no desire to find out though, LOL!)
At any rate, it should be mega fun for the mild off roading , and sub 65mph local driving I have in store for it.
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